Miura, the original supercar

It may have been more spectacular, but certainly not much more, and the Countach didn't come anywhere near to being as beautiful as the Miura SV.

 

Yes, the Countach was outrageous and to this day is still the most visually stunning car ever made. The Prototype was just fantastic!!!

 

These comments remind me yet again how wonderfully apt Joe's choice of names was / is for these 2 amazing threads. Well done Joe, and thank you for sharing your wealth of information with all of us.

Very sorry that we will not be able to see you at the 50th

Peter

 

I can't wait til the 60th.

My son will 16 and driving age!

I'll make sure I have 3 lambos ready to go in 10 years.

That way I can drive one (hopefully Miura) my son in his Countach and momma in whatever lambo she chooses. She's eyeing one right now that we might buy in the very near future.

YIKES!

 

I have an interesting Miura related question.

Miura guys please chime in.

If you were in the market for LOH's example what's the max you would pay for the car.

In other words what would be a non insulting offer.

I know it's a P400 with SV mods. I thought it was an S with SV mods but was proven wrong by a member here.

I was told it was worth a max of 500k but could be a 700k car if they took it back to P400 standards.

Why would anyone spend that type of money making that car an SV spec then devalue it by 200k by making is supposedly better.

I know of two buyers that passed on the car because of what I stated above.

 

I sent an Ebay message to them asking about the front suspension. No reply. Someone must have removed the original parts and a set of "re engineered" paprts fabricated. A nice job never the less but not even close to original. Pics of the rear didn't show those parts. due to the fact that a number of "upgrades" have been done I'd ask a few questions before making any substantial offers on this one.

 

The car was sold for $781,000 in January by RM Auctions. See link below. What's the LOH asking price? It has BF Goodrich Comp TA tyres on it. Would these have the speed rating required of a Miura?

1969 Lamborghini Miura P400S 'SV Specification' | Arizona 2013 | RM AUCTIONS

 

Rumor at the car show was not a "dime under 975k"

An amateur historian told me that max would be 500k.

Did someone hose LOH into buying that for 781k?

They always have some type of funky story on vintage lambos they've bought at auction.

They claim not to know anything.

That's why I never believe anything they say.

 

Even the RM auction was calling this an S which is what I though it was originally.

Joe please chime in you seem to know quite a bit about this car.

Thanks.

 

One of my offshore fishing buddies expressed interest during the show and asked my opinion.

I told him I believe it to be an S then he whispered in my ear that they said 975k.

He did have a couple of glasses of wine in him when he told me that number.

I'm like ouch that seems a little high, but after seeing what was paid for it at RM I guess with the juice and a little profit for LOH the price doesn't seem out of line.

The only thing I would question is that $781k that LOH paid to have it a real number.

As always, thanks for sharing Joe.

 

Ouch!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqpa1HB-wOc&feature=player_embedded]Lamborghini Miura SV catches fire in central London - YouTube[/ame]

 

Just came across this nice 1969 orange Miura on eBay. Only has two photos. The owner, not the seller, has a red 1972 Ferrari Dino for sale on eBay as well.

Lamborghini : Other Base in Lamborghini | eBay Motors

Anyone familiar with this Miura in VT?

 

current bid for Miura 20.100€.i am gonna get a heart attack..

 

seller has a feedback rating of 1...which he just got a few days ago from buying a $8 item. if this is real then it certainly seems like an odd way to sell a miura

 

No reserves on both.

That guy is about to burn someone for 1/2 mil if those two sell and he collects the money.

Someone needs to report this to eBay and have this guy checked out.

By the way have you seen the item he bought?
1.25" (1 1/4") Diameter 304 Stainless Steel Round Bar Rod -6" Length

I wonder where that's going? lmao

 

While looking at the Miura SV #5028 at the museum in Dosso, it was noticed that there is something different to this car. Does anybody know why this modification was done, and is this car the only SV that has it? Looking at many pictures it seems so ...

The hose from this part is going to the chassis at 'standard' cars.
On #5028 however, it parts at the other side, splits, and heads into the air filters.
Since the chassismember is closed (although having a 'pressed' circle) this must have been done at the factory, not after ?

I hope the pictures explain what I mean ...
white car - standard SV - picture and picture with orange ovals indicating where to look
other pictures of #5028 - one with hoses indicated in orange
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listing is a SCAM unfortunately...That's our car, 4248, photos taken at Ault Park Concours in 2012.

Here's a similar photo I took that day.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. If anyone has information about the seller, please PM me.
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Ebay listing screenshot for posterity
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Jasper, on my car EXACTLY the same, have a picture from 1980 where it is already like this, looks like it left the factory this way, anybody can solve this mistery? Joe? Gary Bobileff? Jeff S.? Piet P? anybody? There must be more SV's with this i would think.

 

some detail pic's
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